Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has explained why he opted for a life sentence instead of the death penalty for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of ...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday spared the life of a death row inmate just hours before his scheduled execution. “After a thorough review of the facts and prayerful consideration, I have chosen ...

Japan faces steep challenges in abolishing the death penalty despite repeated calls from human rights groups, legal experts and the Catholic Church, as public support for capital punishment remains ...

With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory, I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don’t think it’s ...

Earlier this month, Palm Beach County prosecutors announced that they would be seeking the death penalty against two men accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl, crimes they described ...

Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018, creating a de facto moratorium under Gov. Mike DeWine. State lawmakers are at an impasse over whether to abolish capital punishment or authorize new ...

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

The lawyers asked a federal judge to drop some charges, including the only one eligible for the death penalty. By Jonathan Wolfe Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of the fatal shooting of ...

Mark Sievers, convicted in the 2015 murder-for-hire of his wife, is back in Lee County for a death sentence appeal. Sievers was sentenced to death in 2020 for orchestrating the murder of Dr. Teresa ...

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – The attorney for a man who shot and killed a Nassau County deputy during a traffic stop in 2021, and who was sentenced to death last year, appeared in court on Wednesday to ...

A Bristol man's first-degree murder conviction and death sentence from a 1987 killing of a gay man was upheld on Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court after several appeals through state and federal courts ...